Meaning

4 senses
  1. Slender and long of limb; lanky.

    For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.

    Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy.

    tall and thin and having long slender limbs

  2. Prone to roaming around.

    rangy cattle

    adapted to wandering or roaming

  3. Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.

  4. Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.

    The Star Spangled Banner has been criticized as too rangy for many people to sing along to comfortably.

Forms

rangier, rangiest
Comparativerangier Lesson
Superlativerangiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
lanky:gangling
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedrange

See also

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